Jonah 3:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.”

Jonah 3:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jonah 3:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jonah 3:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even to their least.”

Jonah 3:5 — World English Bible

Jonah 3:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.”

Jonah 3:5 — American Standard Version

Jonah 3:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the men of Nineveh believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto their least,”

Jonah 3:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Jonah 3:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the men of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.”

Jonah 3:5 — Darby Translation

Jonah 3:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“So the people of Nineueh beleeued God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from ye greatest of the euen to the least of them.”

Jonah 3:5 — Geneva Bible

Jonah 3:5 in Context — Jonah 3

3 Então Jonas se levantou, e foi a Nínive, conforme a palavra do SENHOR. E Nínive era cidade extremamente grande, de três dias de caminho.

4 E Jonas começou a entrar pela cidade, caminho de um dia, e pregava dizendo: Daqui a quarenta dias Nínive será destruída.

5 E os homens de Nínive creram em Deus; e convocaram um jejum, e se vestiram de sacos, desde o maior até o menor deles.

6 Pois quando esta palavra chegou ao rei de Nínive, ele se levantou de seu trono, e lançou de si sua roupa, e cobriu-se de saco, e se sentou em cinzas.

7 E convocou e anunciou em Nínive, por mandado do rei e de seus maiorais, dizendo: Nem pessoas nem animais, nem bois nem ovelhas, provem coisa alguma, nem se lhes dê alimento, nem bebam água;

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What Does Jonah 3:5 Mean?

Jonah 3:5 is a verse from the Book of Jonah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jonah chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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